The Toronto Maple Leafs hope they have plugged a hole at centre with the acquisition of Peter Holland from Anaheim on Saturday.
The former first-round
pick -- one of the Ducks top young prospects -- is expected to play on
one of Toronto's top lines on Saturday night against the Buffalo Sabres.
The Leafs got Holland,
a 22-year-old from Caledon, Ont., along with minor leaguer Brad
Staubitz for defenceman Jesse Blacker of the Marlies and a couple of
draft picks -- a third round pick in 2014, which could become a second
rounder if certain conditions are met, and the return of Anaheim's 2014
seventh round pick (which the Leafs had acquired in the David Steckel
trade).
Blacker played five
games for the AHL’s Toronto Marlies this season collecting one goal and
four penalty minutes. He was originally selected 58th overall by the
Leafs in the 2009 Entry Draft.
Holland was originally
Anaheim’s first choice, selected 15th overall in the 2009 entry draft.
This season, the 6-2, 194-pound centre played four games for Anaheim
scoring one goal and adding two penalty minutes. In 10 games with the
AHL’s Norfork Admirals he registered a team leading nine points (five
goals, four assists) along with 22 penalty minutes. In 29 career NHL
games he has earned five goals, two assists and eight minutes in
penalties.
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